The Middle East morning, counted: one dated edition a day — Israel, Iran, the Gulf, Washington.https://greggroman.com/https://greggroman.com/count/2026-07-09/https://greggroman.com/count/2026-07-09/A soldier missing since 1948 is accounted for at last, to be buried near Jerusalem (Times of Israel) · Rioters briefly breach the base that holds the army's own prison — the draft fight reaches the stockade (Times of Israel) · Trump says Israel will draw down in southern Lebanon; Jerusalem has not said it (Jerusalem Post) · The shekel strengthens, and foreign buyers lose their edge in the housing ledger (Times of Israel) · Iran buries Khamenei in his hometown while the strikes continue overhead (Al-Monitor) · With the deal declared over, the IRGC takes the pen on Iran's response (Al-Monitor) · Tehran–Mashhad trains stop after a bridge goes down; the war reaches the timetable (Jerusalem Post) · Families testify to how the regime killed their sons in the January massacres — the names, kept (Jerusalem Post) · Tehran claims strikes in Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain — the Gulf pays the toll of a war it didn't pick (Jerusalem Post) · Washington takes Syria off the terror list; Sharaa banks another boost (Times of Israel)Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT